Recently, various products from felt and felt are gaining more and more popularity. Things created from these materials are distinguished by their special cosiness and beautiful appearance. From this article you will learn how to make bags from felt with your own hands and what material is better to use for this.
Materials and Tools
You do not need a lot of materials. Sewing felt bags is not such a costly affair. The main thing you should pay attention to is the rigidity and thickness of the felt. It must be thick and very tough so that your product does not lose shape and does not wrinkle. Also take good sharp scissors, chalk for patterns and strong threads. You will also need a needle or a sewing machine (with it, a felt bag with your own hands will be ready in literally half an hour).
The easiest felt bag
And what is felt? It is a non-woven material that is made mainly from rabbit fur waste. Felt is distinguished by its wide range of colors, and most importantly, it does not crumble when cut. For this reason, it is so often used in schools for children's creativity. Felt is available in rolls and sheets. For bags, it is better to take large sheets of at least five millimeters thick.
To sew bags of felt with your own hands, patterns are optional. For example, for the simplest model, you will need two large and thick sheets of material. First, determine the size of the future felt bag. Then carefully cut out the squares or rectangles. Take them to each other. Make sure the bag is straight. Then, manually or with a sewing machine, sew two parts. The handle for the bag can be made both from felt and from a thin chain. If you want to make a felt pen, take a long strip of material about seven or ten centimeters wide. Fold the strip in half and sew the resulting webbing several times. The pen is ready! It remains to sew it to your product. Clasp can be made of linen rope. You can also sew on zippers or buttons, at your discretion.
If you want a felt bag to be not so simple, then make more pockets. Take a felt and estimate the size of the future pocket. Cut the necessary piece in the form of a square, rectangle or semicircle. Sew to the bag. So that there are no noticeable seams inside, you can make a lining from a special fabric for bags, linen or cotton.
More sophisticated felt bag model
So you learned how to make a bag of felt with your own hands. Now you can try to sew a more complex model. First, take a long piece of felt about forty eighty centimeters in size. Then sew the short sides. This is the base of the bag. Then you need to make a bottom pattern. The length of its perimeter should be equal to the circumference of the bag. For example, the size of the bottom may be thirty by ten centimeters. Cut such a rectangle and sweep to the bag. Then you need to sew on the pockets. To do this, you will need two rectangles about ten by fifteen centimeters in size. Cut the pockets and sew them to the bag. Also sew buttons on the pockets.
Then make two handles for the felt from the bag. To do this, take two strips about fifty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide. Make pens as described above. Then, if desired, you can sew the lining to the bag.
As you can see, creating felt bags is pretty easy. Even this model should take you no more than an hour.
Bag decor
After you sewed the bag, you can decorate it with decor from the same felt. You can use both ordinary material and self-adhesive. First draw on paper what you want to depict on your bag. Then cut out the figures and attach them to the felt. Chalk the cut figures and cut them. Sew or glue the decor to the bag.
For decor, it is better to take felt, which differs in color from the bag itself. In addition, if you can even make a little wool, then you can make the bag even more beautiful if you wish! To do this, you will need to take wool, a thin needle for felting and outline an approximate pattern. Then carefully, trying not to damage the felt, roll the wool to the bag. The decor is ready! True, we must try to treat things with caution, if possible, not to dirty it and not to wash. As you can see, creating felt bags is very simple.